Idle Hours (album)
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | July 13, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 40:43 | |||
| Label | Bluesville BVLP 1044 | |||
| Producer | Chris Albertson | |||
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| Victoria Spivey chronology | ||||
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Idle Hours is an album by blues musicians Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey, recorded in 1962 and released on the Bluesville label.[1][2][3]
Reception[edit]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Johnson and Victoria Spivey had known one another for decades, so it's no surprise that their musical repartee on 1961's Idle Hours seems so natural and playful".[4]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted
- "Darling, I Miss You So" – 3:23
- "Long Time Blues" – 4:35
- "You Are My Life" – 3:38
- "Oh Yes Baby" – 2:43
- "Please Baby" – 2:52
- "Leave Me or Love Me" – 2:57
- "Idle Hours" (Spivey) – 3:30
- "You Have No Love in Your Heart" – 3:51
- "Good Luck Darling" – 3:20
- "No More Cryin'" – 3:35
- "I Got the Blues So Bad" (Spivey) – 3:03
- "End It All" – 3:16
Personnel[edit]
Performance[edit]
- Lonnie Johnson – guitar, vocals (tracks 1–10 & 12)
- Victoria Spivey – vocals, piano (tracks 2, 7 & 11)
- Cliff Jackson – piano (tracks 1–8, 10 & 12)
Production[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ "Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography". www.bsnpubs.com. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ "Illustrated Lonnie Johnson discography". www.wirz.de. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Dahl, Bill. Lonnie Johnson / Victoria Spivey: Idle Hours – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 375–376.